Top 100 Archetype Breakdown

At the top tables at the beginning of Day 2, the most popular options were Green-White Tokens and Naya Midrange. This would imply that Sylvan Advocate and Gideon, Ally of Zendikar are the key cards to beat in the current Standard format.

You can find the full breakdown of the archetypes of the Top 100 players going into Day 2 (i.e., the Top 100 players on the Round 9 standings) below.

Archetype

#

Green-White Tokens

20

Naya Midrange

18

Bant Company

11

White-Black Control

9

Bant Humans

7

Grixis Control

7

Four-Color Rites

4

Red-Green Ramp

4

Bant Rites

3

White Eldrazi

3

Sultai Midrange

2

Sultai Seasons Past

2

Abzan Midrange

1

Abzan Rites

1

Abzan Seasons Past

1

Black-Green Aurora

1

Blulamog

1

Green-White Eldrazi

1

Esper Control

1

Esper Dragons

1

Black-Green Rites

1

White Weenie Humans

1

So Green-White Tokens and Naya Midrange are the most popular decks, followed by a variety of other archetypes. Looking a bit more closely, we can find a number of commonalities among those other decks.

Finally, Thalia's Lieutenant is the card that aggro players flock to in the current Standard. Bant Humans may not be as hyper-aggressive as White Weenie Humans, but for both decks, Thalia's Lieutenant enables the fastest starts in Standard.